लता [ latā ] [ latā ] f. a creeper , any creeping or winding plant or twining tendril Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. (the brows , arms , curls , a slender body , a sword-blade , lightning are often compared to the form of a creeper , to express their graceful curves and slimness of outline ; cf. [ bhrū-l ] , [ bāhu-l ] , [ taḍil-l ] )

the Mādhavī -creeper , Gaertnera Racemosa Lit. Bhpr.

Trigonella Corniculata Lit. ib.

Panicum Italicum Lit. L.

Cardiospermum Halicacabum Lit. L.

Panicum Dactylon Lit. L.

= [ kaivartikā ] Lit. L.

= the plant [ sārivā ] Lit. L.

musk-creeper Lit. L.

a slender woman , any woman Lit. Naish. Lit. Tantras.

the thong or lash of a whip , whip Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Suśr.

a string of pearls Lit. VarBṛS.

a streak , line ( [ vārāṃ latāḥ ] , thin jets of water) Lit. Bālar.

a kind of metre Lit. Col.

N. of an Apsaras Lit. MBh.

of a daughter of Meru and wife of Ilâvṛita Lit. BhP.